This will only work for XMLCollection. What about ArrayCollections? -Shailesh
--- In [email protected], "Alex Harui" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Isn't it just selectedItem.parent()? > > > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of dffmyco > Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 7:16 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [flexcoders] Find parent of selected item in tree > > > > I just can not seem to figure out how to get the > parent of a selected item ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). > In this case I need to know the genus name when a species is > selected. Note that a species name is not unique to a genus name, > Uromyces ingae and Puccinia ingae > > public var nameData:XML = <allData> > <genus name="Uromyces"> > <species name="ingae"/> > <species name="elegans"/> > <species name="dolicholi"/> > </genus> > <genus name="Ravenelia"> > <species name="irregularis" /> > </genus> > <genus name="Puccinia"> > <species name="ingae"/> > <species name="manoelae"/> > <species name="longirostris"/> > </genus> > > </allData> > > Thanks, Dave >
